page_title: Lita Ford
section_title: Acting and other projects
hierarchical_section_title: Lita Ford / Acting and other projects
caption_attribution_description: English: Lita Ford performing with Patrick Kennison
context_page_description: Lita Rossana Ford is an English-born, American heavy metal guitarist, actress, vocalist and songwriter who was the lead guitarist for the Runaways in the late 1970s before embarking on a successful solo career in the 1980s. The 1989 single "Close My Eyes Forever", a duet with Ozzy Osbourne, remains Ford's most successful song, reaching No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
context_section_description: During her solo career, Ford endorsed musical instrument manufacturer B.C. Rich and exclusively used several of the brand's guitars, most notably the Warlock. The 1992 TV series Howie, starring Howie Mandel, saw Ford as a regular guitarist for the house band. Ford also had a small role in the 1992 horror/comedy film Highway to Hell playing a character called "The Hitchhiker". Ford was also asked by VH-1 to join the cast of the seventh season of the reality television program The Surreal Life in 2007, to which she declined.
  Ford contributed her likeness and voice to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC video game Brütal Legend. She appears as the character Rima, alongside Jack Black, Tim Curry, Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Halford and Lemmy Kilmister. Her song "Betrayal" is also one of the 100+ songs that appear in the game.
  In 2010, a major Hollywood motion picture chronicling the career of Ford's first band, The Runaways, was produced. Ford was portrayed by actress Scout Taylor-Compton in the movie, entitled The Runaways. Ford is featured extensively in the 2005 documentary film Edgeplay: A Film About the Runaways, in which she spoke candidly about her time in the all-female band. Among other things, she alludes to verbal and sexual abuse endured by the band members at the hands of their management, specifically Kim Fowley.
  In 2013, Ford reunited with former Runaways bandmate Cherie Currie to record a Christmas single. The single ties into work Currie and Ford are both doing on behalf of Toys for Tots, a charity run by the US Marine Corps, which gives holiday toys to children of need.
  Ford appeared on the May/June 2013 cover of Making Music Magazine to discuss her life and career.
  In 2014, Ford narrated The Life, Blood, and Rhythm of Randy Castillo.
  Ford competed on the reality cook show Chopped in hopes of raising $10,000 for her charity. Ford made it through the first round, but was eliminated in the second round.
  Ford released her autobiography Living Like a Runaway in June 2016.
  
  In 2018, Lita Ford and Jim Cara started Lita Ford Guitars, creating guitars and experiences for fans and players.
caption: Ford performing with Patrick Kennison
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